The Red Rose Box

Kids, People and Places, Fiction, USA, Historical, Teen
Cover of the book The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods, Penguin Young Readers Group
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Author: Brenda Woods ISBN: 9781101078129
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication: December 29, 2003
Imprint: Puffin Books Language: English
Author: Brenda Woods
ISBN: 9781101078129
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication: December 29, 2003
Imprint: Puffin Books
Language: English

On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?

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On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?

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